I know you were hoping for some great mittens to go with that cute scarf from yesterday! Well, look no further. Color coordinated to match your scarf tassels, you can choose from the striped or the color block version to suit your fancy. You can find the pattern for these on Google Viewer or Ravelry.

These mittens definitely fit in the quick and cozy bucket, taking only about three hours to make. Whip up a pair for a gift right now :). Or, make a pair for yourself. I’m doing a whole series of Quick Cozy Knit Gifts this week so click the button below, to see the full series of gifts. You’ll never have to go shopping again! (Well, except for yarn.)

These mittens are great for beginners. There are lots of great skills to pick up, increasing, decreasing, working on a separate set of stitches, gathering stitches, seaming with mattress stitch, etc. All of these skills are practiced in a cute, quick project–what could be better?

Yes, these are on the finish fifty list, too. Ooh. I’m knocking ’em out. Do you think I could get to 20 by the end of the year? I just may . . .

Here I am above at Create Explore Discover Retreat where I taught some lovely ladies how to make these beauties. Have fun and make a pair today! It’s another snow day in Baltimore, so the mittens will be put to good use! ‘Til tomorrow!

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Hi! Can you tell me where you clicked? When I click “Ravelry” in the first paragraph, it takes me to the pattern pate in Ravelry. When I click Google Viewer, it takes me to the pattern in the viewer. Are you talking about the scarf link in the same pargraph? Thanks so much!

Hi Dianne, The link is in the last sentence of the first paragraph. CLick on “Google Viewer.” You may need to use your computer, not an iphone. Email me at flaxandtwine at gmail if that doesn’t work for you!

Love your work. I’m knitting this gloves for my friend. Since this is my first time knitting, I’m confused about a few points. Do I insert the stitch marker after I knitted in garter for 9 rows? So the 10th row (which is a p row) after the 10th stitch? And then on the next row is when I increase or do I increase on the 10th row? Can you recommend and videos that I can watch to learn?
Thanks!

HI Vivian I explain the increases for the first row after ribbing, then, you do 9 MORE rows. This means 10 total. You place the markers for the thumb in the 11th row, a knit row. Does this make more sense?

Beginner knitter over here. Can you explain placing the marker and the increasing? I’m placing the marker in between the stitches, but then that means i would increase 2 without a stitch in between. Is this correct?

It also kinda seems like maybe the marker goes ON a stitch, not between? I’m not familiar with this.

Hi Rachel, Thanks so much for reaching out to me. I understand how that is confusing. You can place stitch markers literally through the stitch if you want (I do this sometimes with a scrap piece of yarn or the like). Or, you can place the stitch markers right before the stitch – these are the ones that slide on your needle and are already a closed circle. If you place them right before, you remember that you have to increase before the next stitch and after the next stitch, one on either side of the stitch. But it helps to always keep the marker right next to the center stitch as you continue to increase one before and one after. Does this make sense? Anne